Images Dated 2nd August 2015 (page 8)

Miss Daisy Markham sues Marquess of Northampton
Mrs Daisy Annie Moss, otherwise known as Miss Daisy Markham, actress, who successfully sued the new Marquess of Northampton for breach of promise of marriage in 1913

Sad irons, curling and goffering irons
A selection of home appliances, as featured in a catalogue. A sad iron and stand, a polishing iron, a spirit iron, a hat iron for ironing brims and a Dalli box iron are pictured

Postcard commemorating the Boston Tea Party. December 16th, 1773. Americans dressed as American Indians, dumping tea into Boston Harbour

Queen Elizabeth II receiving flowers from a Ghanaian girl
The Queen receives a bouquet of flowers from a Ghanaian girl, Pearl Acquaye, at London airport, just before the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh flew to Ghana for the first stage of their West African

Portuguese field service helmet, WW1
A Portuguese field service helmet with chinstrap, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

Franco-American Dunand helmet with visor, WW1
A Franco-American Dunand helmet with protective visor, designed by the Swiss metalsmith Jean Dunand in 1917, for use towards the end of the First World War

German or Austrian helmet, WW1
A German or Austrian helmet, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, WW1
Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

French Chauchat light machine gun, WW1
A French Chauchat light machine gun, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. It was named after Colonel Louis Chauchat, a major contributor to its design

Lenin giving speech from balcony, St Petersburg, Russia
Lenin giving a speech from the balcony of the Kshesinskaya Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, in the year of the Russian Revolution. Date: 4 July 1917

Russian cavalry uniforms, WW1
Russian cavalry uniforms during the First World War. From left to right: border guard officer, trooper, cavalry officer, hussar in Grodno lifeguard regiment in summer field uniform

German propaganda postcard, Kaiser and eagle, WW1
German propaganda postcard, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II at the centre, with an eagle and two flags below, and German colonial soldiers above, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Princess Margaret at the Bath Club
Princess Margaret (1930-2002), pictured in her swimsuit at the Bath Club at which she won a cup for little swimmers up to the age of nine. Date: 1939

Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936

Enid Blyton autograph
Portrait of Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968), English childrens author together with her autograph which reads To Lesley. Date: c.1955

General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, British army officer, WW1
General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (1864-1922), British army officer and Field Marshal, principal military adviser to Lloyd George during the last year of the war. Date: circa 1918

Dogfight between British and German planes, WW1
A dogfight between British and German biplanes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

King George V with Princess Margaret Rose
Artists impression of the occasion of the wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece showing King George V with his grandaughter

Kamadeva, Hindu god of human desire, depicted with his traditional bow and arrow, riding a bird. Date: c. 1869

Queen Elizabeths Sewing Bee at Buckingham Palace, 1939
Members of the Palace household and wives of employees of the Royal Mews assembled in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeths Sewing Bee

Large family outing to Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
A large family group on an outing to Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. Date: 1932

Louis XV Corset advertisement - Corset Leopold
An advertisement for a Corset Louis XV available from Corset Leopold of 34 Rue d Alger, Toulon, France. The text on the card translates thus

Russian Serf / Peasant - A Muzhik
Muzhik or mujik - a Russian peasant, usually from pre-1917 Imperial Russia. The term confers a certain degree of poverty, as most muzhiks were serfs before the 1861 agricultural reforms

Aleppo, Syria - The Tomb of Zakariya
Aleppo, Syria - The Tomb of the Prophet Zakariya of the Israelites (Zechariah) (The Maqaamaat Al Awliya ). Zechariahs role as one of the men of God is frequently referenced in verses of the Qur an

Zulu Chief Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868-1913) - In 1890 Dinuzulu was exiled to the island of St. Helena for seven years, possibly during which time this portrait photograph was taken? Date: circa 1896

Man from The Congo, Africa - Scarification
Portrait of a man from The Congo, Central Africa - bearing remarkable facial scarification in the form of cosses, dots, lines and zig-zags Date: circa 1920s

Miss Maud Allan as Salome
Miss Maud Allan (1873-1956) actress, dancer and choreographer in the role of Salome - performing at the Varietes, Paris. She designed and often sewed her own costumes, which were creative

Fortune Telling on Christmastide
Two Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888

Diogo Gomes and Antonio Nola discover Santiago
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Diogo Gomes and Antonio de Noli (Nola) discover the Island of Santiago (the largest island of the Cape Verde Islands) in 1460

Diogo Cao discovers the mouth of the Zaire River
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The mouth of the Zaire River discovered by Diogo Cao in 1484 - the erection of a Portuguese standard column. Date: 1484

Vasco da Gama erects a column in Mozambique
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama erects a column in Mozambique during his sea voyage to India -1498. Date: 1498

Portuguese discovery of Sao Tome and Principe
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Explorers Joao de Santarem and Pedro Escobar discover the Island Nation of Sao Tome and Principe and claim them for Portugal in 1470

Quebec Steamship Company - S. S. Bermudian
The S. S. Bermudian of the Quebec Steamship Company - held the record for the fastest trip between New York and Bermuda of 39 hours, 20 minutes, set on 9th February, 1912. Date: circa 1913

The Khyber Pass, Bermuda - a narrow road in Warwick leading up to the south shore beaches near Astwood Cove. The Bermuda-based military regiment suffered very heavy casualties in the Khyber Pass

The Yankee Store, Hamilton, Bermuda - seller of souvenirs and postcards Date: circa 1940s

Lady Mercy Greville (1904-1968). The daughter of Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Frances Evelyn Maynard

Khartoum, Sudan - showing the Sudan Club
General Panoramic Viewof Khartoum, Sudan - showing the Sudan Club in the left foreground. Date: circa 1920

Two Zulu Mothers carrying their children, using hide slings across their backs - Southern Africa. Date: circa 1909

Portugal - Madeira - Woman in traditional costume, featuring the pointed Carapuca hat/cap. She is holding a rather deceased fowl and a large stick

Dead soldiers on battlefield, WW1
Dead soldiers on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1917

Operation Mincemeat - body of Major William Martin
Corpse of the supposed Major William Martin. His body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

Wild West Bar scene
A cowboy smoking and holding a gun at a bar. The sign above the bar reads: " Leave your guns at the bar"

Paddington Station, London - Platform 5 - GWR Terminus designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: early 1930s

Portrait photograph of Maxim Gorky, Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist

Portrait photograph of Leo Tolstoy. Russian writer famous for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina

Portrait photograph of Sir Winston Churchill Date: C. 1920

The Plan of Jerusalem. Town map layout showing the location of the American Colony Stores. Date: C. 1910

Advert for recruitment of nurses 1943
How you can become a nurse. You receive free training - with pay. On passing the exams State Registration follows and opens the door to a career full of happy service and opportunity

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